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New genera and species of ericaceae (Vaccinieae) from Costa Rica and Panama

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Two new monotypic genera,Didonica andUtleya, are described, withD. pendula from Panama andU. costaricensis from Costa Rica.Disterigma trimera (Panama),D. utleyorum (Costa Rica, Panama, Colombia, and Ecuador),Lateropora santafeensis (Panama),Lysiclesia panamensis (Panama),Macleania talamancensis (Costa Rica),Themistoclesia costaricensis (Costa Rica) andT. horquetensis (Panama),Vaccinium costaricense andV. orosiense (both from Costa Rica) and V.jefense (Panama) are all described as new. New combinations are provided for the PanamanianVaccinium floccosum (=Symphysia floccosa) and the West IndianVaccinium racemosum (=Symphysia racemosa). Keys are provided for the Central American species ofDisterigma andThemistoclesia, the species ofLateropora andLysiclesia, and the Costa Rican and Panamanian species ofVaccinium. Six new species are illustrated.

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  1. The New York Botanical Garden, 10458, Bronx, NY

    James L. Luteyn

  2. Department of Botany, Duke University, 27706, Durham, NC

    Robert L. Wilbur

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We should like to acknowledge our appreciation of the financial support to R.L.W. from NSF Grants 13815 and DEB-76-1085, an NIH Biomedical Sciences Research Grant and the Duke University Research Council which made possible the necessary field work represented here.

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Luteyn, J.L., Wilbur, R.L. New genera and species of ericaceae (Vaccinieae) from Costa Rica and Panama. Brittonia 29, 255–276 (1977). https://doi.org/10.2307/2806199

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